One of the unknown teams may be the New York Yankees (thoughts from the Boston Globe‘s Nick Cafardo). Signing the 36-year-old closer makes sense for New York since they have already thought of a budget and plans to get under the $189 million luxury tax is totally out the window.

A deal between Rodney and the Yankees makes sense for both sides. The Yankees get an established closer to take over for Rivera, allowing them to keep Robertson where he belongs, in the eighth inning.

Rodney gets the multi-year deal he wants and gets to keep pitching for a contender.